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Christ in Song 735

Rest for the Toiling Hand

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1Rest for the toil-ing hand, Rest for the anx-ious brow,
Rest for the wea-ry, way-worn feet, Rest for the suf-f'rer now.
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee.

RefrainRest for the wea-ry, rest for thee,
Rest for the wea-ry, rest for thee;
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee.

2Rest for the ach-ing heart, Rest for the trou-bled soul,
Rest for the heal-ing, gra-cious word, Rest that will make thee whole.
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee.

3Rest in the ho-ly place, Rest in the mer-cy seat,
Rest in the arms of Je-sus Christ, Rest ev-er-last-ing, sweet.
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
12.14.13.12
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Rest for the toil-ing hand, Rest for the anx-ious brow,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/12A
Rest for the wea-ry, way-worn feet, Rest for the suf-f'rer now./˘˘/˘??//˘˘??/14A
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/13B
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee./˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12B

Verse 2

Rest for the ach-ing heart, Rest for the trou-bled soul,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/12A
Rest for the heal-ing, gra-cious word, Rest that will make thee whole./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘///14A
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/13B
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee./˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12B

Verse 3

Rest in the ho-ly place, Rest in the mer-cy seat,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/12A
Rest in the arms of Je-sus Christ, Rest ev-er-last-ing, sweet./˘˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/14A
Rest, peace-ful rest, be-neath the shade of Cal-va-ry's tree;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/13B
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee./˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12B

Refrain

Rest for the wea-ry, rest for thee,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Rest for the wea-ry, rest for thee;/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
There is rest for the wea-ry, there is rest for thee./˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.